The free and open-source smart home platform, Home Assistant, just released another major update. Home Assistant 2026.1 has ...

Imagine walking into your home, and with a single voice command or tap on your phone, the lights dim, your favorite playlist starts, and the thermostat adjusts to the perfect temperature, all without ...

If you’re running Home Assistant on a server that’s not easily accessible, you might be interested in making the platform’s files more easily accessible via a network share. This is pretty easy to do, ...

Have you ever felt like your smart home setup is more chaotic than convenient? With countless devices, apps, and cloud services vying for your attention, managing it all can feel overwhelming. Enter ...

Your 2026 smart home will work best if your devices can all talk to each other without having to jump through hoops. Home ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As someone who remembers a time before the internet, I still have a natural mistrust of anything that needs to be online to function. This is ...

Powered by a two-way system with a 2.5-inch woofer and a 0.8-inch tweeter, this smart speaker is claimed to offer three times ...

Home Assistant announced today the availability of the Voice Preview Edition, its own design of a living-room-friendly box to offer voice assistance with home automation. Having used it for a few ...

If setting up smart devices feels daunting, here are three simple steps I’ve learned to build a functional smart home. Chris Wedel is a fan of all things tech and gadgets. Living in rural Kansas with ...

Smart home tech brands will often label everything as "AI," but not all of it will actually be. Conversational voice ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. We started talking about this back in August, so this news shouldn’t come as a surprise – Gemini is here to ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. We are inching closer to the day that Google Assistant is fully retired and Gemini takes its place as the ...